KissKus

Ode...

... to the girl that made me a mother almost 11 years ago <3

Quite possibly the easiest top ever

I drafted, cut and sewed this top together in sewing class yesterday, which means in exactly two hours.

There wasn't even really a pattern, just a few instructions on how to draw the pattern piece and the measurements. The front and back pieces are identical: the lazy me was having a thoroughly enjoyable time!

I hardly ever sew anything for myself and I felt that this easy top might help me to get over my hesitations. And I do believe it worked, because I'm really happy with how it turned out :) At least, I enjoyed wearing it today.

The knitted fabric is quite nice and even nicer since it cost just 1,80 for 2 metres. I like a good bargain!

So, I think I'm just going to make another top like this (different fabric obviously), or make it into a simple dress. My sewing machine is finally seeing some action again!

PS This is my 600th post!

My nursery

Things are going great in the garden plus the extension of the garden (my house). The seeds both indoors and outdoors are growing happily. I have my very own nursery going on. And I like working there.

Today more seeds arrived and they were planted swiftly. Yes, I'm a bit obsessed, but in a very harmless way :)

It won't be long before we will be able to eat fresh rocket from the garden!

I'm truly enjoying seeing everything grow, it makes spring all the more fun. And it already was so much fun.. can you imagine!

Cheerful

I'm feeling cheerful like these pretty flowers that I got for my birthday.

However, I don't feel as fresh... but hopefully that will be solved with a good night's sleep ;)

Crazy week.

I weathered a bit of a storm and was pleased to discover that I kept both feet on the ground throughout it all... I wasn't blown away!

However, looking forward to a little more peace and quiet now :)

My youngest

These cute little feet and the rest my of my youngest child went to school for the first time today.

What a heartbreaking and beautiful moment!

After a bit of a rough start he came home full of enthusiasm and cool stories to tell.

Be still my heart... they grow (and grow and grow) and that's the way it's supposed to be.

Happy weekend, everyone!

Dirty

I got my hands all sorts of dirty today, covered in soil and flour. Keeping busy doing such basic jobs literally helps me feel grounded. Creating something in whatever shape or way is so purely satisfying. I'm grateful for my drive to create, even though it can feel like a burden sometimes.

So more seeds were sown and more bread was baked. The house is a mess though and let's hope that I have the urge to "create" clean windows soon (gah, what will the neighbours think!) ;)

It's coming

Spring.

Undeniably.

Happy me.

I ordered vegetable seed for the garden and I went and got a truckload of soil at the garden centre. This afternoon I dug my way around the garden (blisters, muscle ache), all for the good cause of homegrown vegetables. This year I will be more successful at growing vegetables! Not a hard feat since last year's harvest was quite pathetic. Hopefully this will be a bad year for the snail...

Did I mention I was happy about spring approaching? So very happy.

Smell the roses

Well, there must still be some life in me after all, because today I found myself rearranging some of my treasures. I even wiped a little dust away! Isn't that Villeroy & Boch plate just gorgeous? One of last month's discoveries.

And it was undeniably spring-like outside. That does a body good, too.

Now the weekend ahead of us. Two birthday parties to go to, a baking session tomorrow and hopefully catching up on a lot of sleep. Sounds good to me.

Happy weekend!

A funk

These past days I found myself at a bit of a standstill, I'm indecisive about a lot of things and I can't seem to get motivated to get going with just about anything. I don't know whether it's just the end of winter that's bringing me down, I do know that the start of spring -with hopefully lots of sun- will be very wellcome.

Creatively, I'm stuck as well. There are plenty of vague ideas going through my mind, but it's hard to find the energy to really dig into a project. And some of the things that I have tried lately didn't work out the way I wanted.

The only thing that just keeps going is my baking. It's a new obsession, as I've had so many before this. But a good one, that brings me pleasure and comfort and that feeds me and my family well.

A few of the things that came out of the oven last week:

Muesli bread. Excellent in one go. Already made another.

Cheese & onion rolls. Very good with homemade soup, great hit with the kids.

Amber's delicious chocolate cake which we devoured this weekend. Seems the baking bug is contagious!